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2 September 2010

• Protection of Workers (Scotland) Bill response
• Damages (Scotland) Bill response
• SGLS Lesbian & Gay Switchboard seeking volunteers

28 August 2010

• Inquiry into Preventative Spending reponse

27 August 2010

• CoSLA imposing 3 year pay deal is kick in teeth to local government workers
• UNISON – Police staff cuts 'great news for criminals'

26 August 2010

• Strathclyde Police staff under threat Blog update
• There is an Alternative - 4 September Strategy Conference - workshops added

25 August 2010

• UNISON is supporting a range of film events by Take One Action in Edinburgh and Glasgow

23 August 2010

• Scottish Womens Conference 2010: 9 October Glasgow. Click here for details

18 August 2010

• UNISON anger at Edinburgh cuts announcement

16 August 2010

• UNISON welcomes call for end to council tax freeze
• Womens Committee flags up important events for August, September and October

15 August 2010

• Show Racism The Red Card fortnight of action 15-31 October 2010. Download a booklet
• Please help the Homeless World Cup get the first ever Palestinian homeless team to Rio

11 August 2010

• UNISON plans public services conference – ‘There is an alternative’
• UNISON Scottish Secretary pays tribute to Jimmy Reid
• NHS Budget & Workforce Projections 2010-11 briefing

6 August 2010

• UNISON wins important unsocial hours payments equal pay case
• CIPD call to ban strikes - UNISON response
• Forging ahead with plans to implement England NHS white paper before consultation illegal warns UNISON

5 August 2010

• New Lanark UNISON Fun Day 29 August - more details and poster

4 August 2010

• Scottish Pensions Bulletin August 2010
• Hiroshima commemoration events
• Independent Budget Review Briefing

3 August 2010

• Pension-cutting private companies rob workers of a decent future

2 August 2010

• Overwhelming rejection of local government pay offer
• New Lanark UNISON Fun Day 29 August

31 July 2010

• Glasgow to close 'Breakthrough for Women'

29 July 2010

• UNISON comprehensively rejects the Independent Budget Review proposals
• 'Not in the public interest': UNISON calls on government to reject privatisation of Scottish Water by stealth
• UNISON rejects unwise prescription for assault on public services - response to Independent Budget Review
• Independent Budget Review updates on UNISON Scotland blog and Public Works page

28 July 2010

• ‘Three wise men’ – UNISON warns cuts and privatisation will damage the economy
  

27 July 2010

• UNISON working to deliver equal pay in the college sector

26 July 2010

• Families to bail out banks

24 July 2010

• Voice@Work Community members' bulletin - July issue

23 July 2010

• Local government pay claim 2010 reminder - closing date 29 July
• Lights could go out if ScottishPower jobs are cut - UNISON
• Removal of Scottish Water from democratic control would be unwise

15 July 2010

• Unions step up action at culture and sports body over Glasgow Fair weekend
• Black Members summer newsletter

14 July 2010

• Frontline police officers in Strathclyde doing staff jobs
• Updates from National Womens Conference

13 July 2010

• UNISON seeks meeting with Strathclyde Police over staff jobs freeze

7 July 2010

• UNISON rejects fat cat attack on public sector pensions

2 July 2010

• Glasgow culture services strike will hit city centre venues this weekend

1 July 2010

• UNISON urges Scottish Power and Accenture to reconsider 200 jobs cut

30 June 2010

• Budget cuts threaten 130,000 Scottish jobs in public and private sector

29 June 2010

• Glasgow UNISON warns employers over 'desperate' action to break solid strikes

28 June 2010

• All National Conference and Local Government Conference stories now online

24 June 2010

• Revitalise bulletin June 2010 How the cuts in Canada had massive social costs
• UNISON Future Management of Schools Response
• Retired Members Information update
• Glasgow: City council should defend public services - UNISON branch - blog
• Edinburgh: You cannot hide from the responsibility for the disaster privatisation will bring
• Updated local government page re Pay Ballot 21 June-29 July

22 June 2010

• Budget day - rolling updates to blog, home page and news releases

21 June 2010

• UNISON consults members over 'unacceptable' council pay offer

18 June 2010

• Glasgow council worker elected as union president
• Unions call in Health & Safety Executive in Glasgow pay strike

17 June 2010

• UNISON's no-cut alternative budget to save jobs and services
  (on blog - UK release from National Delegate Conference)
• UNISON urges social work leaders to speak out on service cuts
• Unions target weekend swimming event in Glasgow pay strike

16 June 2010

• Raising our voices against social care cuts - presentation to Holyrood conference on social care June 2010

15 June 2010

• Government double speak and myths about public sector pensions (UK release)
• 'Lobby at lunchtime to stop pay cut' - Aberdeen Council UNISON
• UNISON rejects attack on Scottish public services by CBI - 'the people who brought you the recession'

14 June 2010

• The homecare companies that couldn't care less
  (on blog: UK release with Scottish example of bad practice)

13 June 2010

• Local Government Conference Bournemouth - reports

11 June 2010

• UNISON welcomes health board elections results

10 June 2010

• UNISON response to CPPR health spending report

9 June 2010

• 2010 National Conference preview

7 June 2010

• General Secretary Dave Prentis challenges Cameron's 'chilling attack' on public sector

3 June 2010

• UNISON condemns Israeli attack on Gaza flotilla
• UNISON concerned over deep job cuts in NHS Scotland

1 June 2010

• UNISON and Stow students plan protest over funding threats to college

31 May 2010

• Fun day had by all - welfare page update

28 May 2010

• 40 years after Equal Pay Act women still fighting for equal pay

27 May 2010

• Fun day on Sunday marks Welfare Fund centenary
• Welfare page updated

26 May 2010

• UNISON members to strike against pay cuts at Culture Sport Glasgow
• Briefing 234 The Law on Fixed Term Employment Rights
• Briefing 233 Right to Paid Annual Leave - case law update
• Briefing 232 Equality Bill 2010 Advice for branches and activists

25 May 2010

• UNISON Scotland response to Self Directed Support National Strategy 2010

24 May 2010

• Cuts announcement signals worse to come - everyone will suffer
• UNISON Scottish Health Committee Report 2009-10

20 May 2010

• UNISON wins landmark Equal Pay ruling in Edinburgh
• Coalition deal: key points in full programme for government

18 May 2010

• Local government employers must get real on pay as inflation hits 5.3% - Dave Prentis

17 May 2010

• Election: General Secretary Ballot open 17 May to 11 June
• UNISON Scotland submission to the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Inquiry: Facing up to Climate Change

15 May 2010

• UK Government Coalition Agreement Briefing 231 May 2010

14 May 2010

• Glasgow culture and leisure staff step up action

13 May 2010

• Local government pay claim 2010 - reject the cuts leaflet/poster and FAQ pdfs

12 May 2010

• Coalition deal means more cuts in Scotland
• Dave Prentis: We now face our biggest challenge ever

11 May 2010

• Equality Network Highlands and Islands LGBT meetings in May 2010

8 May 2010

• IDAHO Campaign 2010: Religions, homophobia, transphobia 17 May plus The Great Global IDAHO Kiss-In (15 May Edinburgh)
• Branches urged to join UNISON Scotland in sponsoring Glasgay!

7 May 2010

• Prentis on election outcome - no popular support for savage cuts

4 May 2010

• Parliament lobby over Scottish Education Funding Council threats to Glasgow college

1 May 2010

• May Scotland inUNISON now online

29 April 2010

• Attacks on staff pay and conditions spark strike action in Culture and Sport Glasgow

28 April 2010

• Briefing 230: Improvement Service

• UNISON Scotland Response to Independent Budget Review April 2010

11 April 2010

• Photos and videos from 10 April rally

10 April 2010

• UNISON demo urges - stop to 'cradle to grave' cuts

9 April 2010

• Main healthcare union to quiz candidates and Cabinet Secretary

8 April 2010

• Water sell-off report is ideological dogma - UNISON

6 April 2010

• CBI pensions black hole myth - UNISON response

31 March 2010

• UNISON’s green workplace project wins Climate Challenge funding
• Revitalise 11 - Spring 2010
• Scottish Pensions Bulletin No 14 - Mar 2010

30 March 2010

• Sharks circling Scottish Water - UNISON
• Childrens Hearings (Scotland Bill) Stage 1 Submission to Scottish Parliament's Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee
• Stop the Cuts Briefing #5 - Branches Building for march and rally on April 10
• Briefing 228: Attacks on public sector pensions
• Briefing 227: Access to Work
• Public Sector Pensions campaign and recruitment materials

27 March 2010

• Submission to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee Budget Strategy Phase

26 March 2010

• Save Britain's waterways by creating the first truly national park says UNISON

25 March 2010

• Streamlined pay bargaining should be added to Public Service Reform Bill - UNISON
• Threatened Edinburgh Staff Win UK Award

24 March 2010

• Campaign against sell-off starts in Edinburgh
• Briefing: Ask MSPs to back the Proposed Civil Protection Orders & Access to Justice (Scotland) Bill

23 March 2010

• Private consultants cost Scots councils £42m in a year

15 March 2010

• MSPs urged to ‘love their libraries’
• Briefing 225 'Love your Libraries' campaign March 2010

12 March 2010

• Venezuela: Another View

11 March 2010

• Public service cuts threaten safety and care standards

10 March 2010

• Freedom of Information: Revised Code of Practice for Scottish public authorities: Consultation response
• New Retired Members Information
• Stop the Cuts Briefing #4 - Make it count in your community - Building for march and rally on April 10

8 March 2010

• Executives and CoSLA have undermined bargaining machinery - UNISON

4 March 2010

• Taxpayers' Alliance gets its sums wrong on local government pensions again

3 March 2010

• Troubled city college merger faces further challenge

1 March 2010

• Stop the Cuts Briefing #3 - Building for the march and rally on April 10
• MSP Briefing on Public Service Reform Bill Amendments March 2010
• Briefing 224 Class sizes March 2010